Knockdown silo.



Q J. D. LA TIER & L. E. DIETEL. V

xnooxnown SILO.

APPLIOATION FILED 0012.28, 1910.

Patented June-6, 1911.

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;; UNITED. STATES PATENT? oniuon JAMES D. LATI'ER AND LEWIS E, DIE'IEL, 0F WATERLOO, IOWA, ASSIGNORS To HENRY C. BRUNS, .OF WATERLQO, IOWA.

KNOCKDOWN sILo.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we,'JAMEs D. LA TIER and LEWIS E. DIETEL, citizens of the United States of America, and residents ofWaterloo, Blackhawk county, Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements *in Knockdown Silos, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in knock-down silos, and the objectof our improvements is to provide a silo body formed of detachable assembled parts, each part also being constructed in detachable sections, and such parts being conveniently formed for transportationand for ease in setting up. This object we have accomplished by the means which are hereinafter described and claimed,.and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, I in which Figure 1 is a broken elevation of one of the framing sect-ions, seen from the inside. Fig. 2 is an elevation ,of th'elpart shown in Fig. 1 taken from the outside, andjshowing some of the closures detachably secured in the openings thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged .lowerplan view of the .lowermost'cross-bar securing the two uprights of a framingpart together. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of one of the silo-sections taken on the line ww of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a broken detail section, enlarged, taken horizontally across the beveled contacting parts of one of the closures and a section-upright. Fig. 6 isan enlarged broken sectional view, taken vertically across the stepped contacting edges of one of the closures and the adjacent section cross-bar. Fig. 7 is an enlarged broken detail of the adjustable con necting and securing means for the compression-rod used to hold the assembled sections in one hollow body.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views. 7

Our improved silo body is formed of a plurality of detachably-connected sections, each section being formed of two parallel spaced-apart uprights a; connected by means of cross-bars d. The inner edges of the uprights are beveled inwardly at the sides only at b, and the inner edges of the cross-bars d are stepped inwardly at 0, above and below. Closures g areformed to fit and close the openings between said uprights and crossadjacent sections.

bars, the side edges of theclosures being beveled and'their upper and lower edges similarly stepped .to fit the uprights and I Patented J line 6, 1911. E Application filed October 28, 1910. Serial No. 589,612. I

cross-bars, the stepped parts being useful to keep the closures from slipping down through gravity, while the beveled edges furnish a tight contact and prevent the closures" from being pushed'out, while be- H ing'firmly held on their seats by the weight of the silo contents pressing outwardly upon them/ These closures are detachably secured in place by, means of turn-catches h pivoted on bolts 8, the latter passed'through the closures, and the catches'engagingthe outer faces of the uprights d.

Vertical spaced-apart bars f are secured to the outer faces of the closures g, and

cross-rods is are supported between each pair, such cross-rods serving as ladderrounds when "the sections are fully assembled. -The cross-bars (Z as well as the bottom cross-beam a are secured to the uprights. a by means of bolts 0 and p, detachably. The uprights a are tongued and rooved on their outer edges to fit theabutting uprights of The cross-beams d and n are grooved at r on their outer faces to provide seats for the compression-rods e, which hold the assembled sections together to form the hollow silo, The rods 6 have their adjacent ends adjustably seated in the connected interiorly-threaded sleeves Z and m, as shown in Fig. 7 with lock-nuts, whereby their tension may be adjusted.

It will be seen that the sections of the silo are adapted to be easily assembled, as well as taken apart, and the closures may be added in turn as the silo is filled, such closures being securely fitted in place when seated, but easily removed.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A knock-down silo, comprising a plurality of detachably connected sections, each section containing a plurality of inwardly beveled edged openings, and beveled edged closures removably fitted to and secured in said openings.

2. A knock-down silo, comprising a plurality of detachably connected sections, each section containing a plurality of openings whose edges are beveled inwardly along their vertical sides, and whose lower edges are stepped, and removable closures adapted to fit and close said openings.

3. A knock-down silo, comprising a plurality of detachably connected sections, each section being formed of vertical uprights connected by cross-bars, the inner edges of said uprights being beveled inwardly, and the upper edges of those crossbars which cooperate with the uprights to form openings in said sections being stepped inwardly, and closures removably fitted to close the openings thus formed, with edges registering with the contacting uprights and cross-bars.

4. A knock-down silo, comprising a plurality of detachably connected sections, each section containing a plurality of openings, closures adapted to removably fit and close said openings on their inner sides facing the center of the silo, and a ladder-round secured to the outer face of each of said closures.

5. A knock-down silo, comprising a plurality of detachably connected sections, each section containing a plurality of openings, closures removably fitted to the inner sides of said sections to close said openings, and suitable catches detachably securing said closures over said openings.

6. A knock-down silo, comprising a plurality of detachably connected sections, means for detachably securing said sections together to form a hollow body, each section containing a plurality of verticallyalined openings with their side edges beveled inwardly and their other edges stepped inwardly, closures having edges formed to removably fit the said beveled and stepped edges of said openings to close the same, and means for detachably securing said closures on the inner faces of said sections clos ing said openings.

7 A knock-down silo, comprising a plurality of detachably connected sections, each section being composed of separated vertical uprights connected by cross-bars to form openings therebetween, the inner edges of said openings being partly beveled and partly offset inwardly, closures fitted removably to the inner sides of said sections with edges registering with the said beveled and stepped edges of said openings, means for securing said closures to said uprights, a

ladder-round supported on the outer face of each closure, and a plurality of detachably connected compression-rods seated about said assembled sections, adjustably, and adapted to form the whole into a braced hollow containing body.

Signed at Waterloo, Iowa, this 10th day of Oct. 1910.

JAMES D. LA TIER. I LEWIS E. DIETEL.

Witnesses:

JOHN J. HALL, E. V. GADY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

